Card-exhibitor



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W. D. VALENTINE & H. S. BAILEY. GARD BXHBIToR.'

No. 878,270. A Patented Peb. Z1, 1888.

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Patented Feb. 2 1, 1,888.

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No. vazf/o. Patented Peb. 21, 1888.

nlUNIrED dIArEs AIENI @Erica WALTER D. vALENfrINE, OE sAN FRANCISCO, OALIEORNIA, AND HOWARD s. BAILEY, or DENvER, COLORADO, sAID BAILEY AssiGNoR To sAiD VALEN TINE.-

CARDEXl-ilBiTOR.

SPECEFICATION .Forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,270, dated February 21, 1888.

Application tiled January 24, 1887. Serial No. 225,403. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, WALTER D. VALEN- TINE, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, and HOWARD S. BAILEY,

oi' Denver, Arapahoe county, State of Golorado, have invented an Improvement in Gardlxhibitors; and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Io Our invention relates to the class of Inachines for exhibiting advertising and other cards; and our invention consists in a vertical iubc or hollow column for receiving and coniiuing the cards, said tube or column having I 5 exit-apertures in the base of its sides, a reciprocating follower moving under the tube or column and having a crosspiece adapted to come in Contact with the edge ofthe lowerinost card on cach stroke, whereby it forces 2c one card out one side and the next card out the other side, vibrating card-holders operating on each side of the tube or column and adapted to receive a card when in a horizontal position and tov move to a vertical position to exhibit it, and a periodically-moving mechanism by which the several parts are operated, all of which, together with details of construction oi the several parts and their operating mechanism, we sh ll hereinafter fully explain.

3o The object oi`,our invention is to provide an effective cardexhibitor which will operate automatically and at such stated or regular intervals as will permit inspection of the exposed cards before thcgT are turned down to make place for others.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for more complete explanation of our invention, Figure l is a perspective View of the upper front portion oi' our card-exhibitor, showing Ao the card-holders elevated. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of same from behind, showing the card-holders in the act of being laid back. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through one of the card-holders. Fig. et is a perspective view of A5 the operating mechanism. Fig. 5 is a detail of mutilated pinion Z and collar Z. Fij. 6 is a vertical section of the governor.

. A, Fig. a, is a frame or table, upon which is supported a casing, B, Fig. l, which has a slotted top, b, Fig. 2, on each side of the slot, 5o in which are tracks or guides b.

C is a card-tube or hollow column of any given height and containing any number of cards, said tube or hollow column having its lower end or base resting upon the tracks or guides b'. rIhe front and rear walls of this tube or column come down close to the tracks or guides, but its side walls do not, whereby, as shown in Fig. 2, an opening or aperture,

c. is left between their bases and the surface 6o of the tracks or guides, said slot or opening having a thick ness j ust sufficient to permit the exit of a single card. In this i'gure we have shown the side wall broken away to permit a view of strip d. Between the tracks b is mounted a laterally-reciprocating follower, D, Figs. 2 and 3, which has a cross-piece, d, rising flush with the surface of the tracks and carrying a strip, d', passing over said tracks and acting asapusher, said strip being adapted 7o to enter the aperture or opening c.

The operation of the machine as far as described is as follows: Any number of cards, bearing any suitable designs for exhibition, are placed in vertical column in the tube C, said tube being provided with a hinged front for admitting the cards. The base of the column of cards rests upon the guides or tracks b. As the follower D moves over from one side to the other, the pusher-strip d', coming 8o in Contact with the edge of the lowermost card, forces it over before it and pushes it out through the opposite opening or aperture o', and as the follower returns again its pusher-strip comes in contact with the edge of the succeeding card, 8 5 which is dropped in position and pushes it out through the aperture or opening c' on the first side. In this way a card is drawn from the base of the column and forced out on one side on one stroke of the follower, while a sec- 9o ond card is forced out on the other side by the return-strokeQoi' the follower. Mounted in brackets e on the front of the top casing, B, is a rock-shaft, E, Fig. l, to which is secured a card-holder, F, one being on each side of the tube or column G. These card-holders consist of open frames, here shown as being rectangular in shape and composed of parallel pieces forming spaces between them which are open on their inner sides, as shown atf, Figs. l and 3, and on their bases f', their tops and outer sides being closed. These card-holders are so located that when the shaft E is rocked they are thrown backwardly and lie down on each side of the card-tube and in the horizontal plane of the apertures or openings c/ in the side walls thereof, so that the cards in coming out, as heretofore described, are pushed through the side openings, f, of said holders into them, whereby they are confined by the holders and will be carried up to the vertical position, Fig. 1, by the return movement of the shaft E, which throws the holders to a vertical position. Secured to the top of the casing B are curved strips G, Figs. 2 and 3, which form the cardrests. These strips are so located that they pass between the bases of the cardholders and the shaft to which said holders are attached, and extend under the bottom openings, f', of said holders, and they are of such a length that when the holders are nearly in a perfectly-vertical position, Fig. 3, the cards rest upon them; but when the holders are thrown forward slightly theypass beyond the ends of the rests,

whereby they are free to drop out into suitable receptacles, g, below. The rests are curved to the same circle as the arc of movement of the card-holders, so that they do not interfere with said movement.

The operation from the point at which the cards are shoved out one on each side, as far as vthe mechanism has now been described, is as follows: The cards enter through the side openings, f, of the card-holders'when said holders are turned back to a horizontal position, and as said holders rise again to a vertical position the cards are carried with them, their lower edge resting on the curved strips G, until after remaining in this position for a given length of time the holders are thrown forward slightly--far enough to remove the edge of the cards from the ends of the strips G-whereby the cards are dropped down into the receptacles, and the holders are free to receive other cards upon being laid back. rlhe holders F are open-faced, as a matter of course, to per mit the proper exhibition of the cards. The mechanism by which these several parts and movements are effected we will now describe.

H is a shaft, Fig. 4, which carries a winding-drum, 7L, having on one end a ratchet, t, with which a paw/1,05, on a gear-wheel, I, engages. Y

^ J is a cord secured to the drum h and passing up over suitable guidepulleys to the sus pending-weight NV, by which rotation is imparted to the drum.

for the purpose of transmitting power to the governor, which we shall hereinafter describe.

L is a counter-shaft which carries a muti- 7o lated pinion, Z-that is to say, 4it has teeth upon it throughout most of its periphery, a smooth portion, however, as shown in Fig. 5, being without teeth and made concave for receiving the smooth portion of the mutilated gear-face i.

Upon the shaft L is a collar or disk, Z, Figs.

4 and 5, having on its side' a pin or lug, Z2, with which a lug, i, on the side of the gear I is adapted to come in contact, whereby said collar is turned in order to turn the mutilated pinion Z into a position to be engaged by the teeth of the gear-face 'Z'. The other endof the shaft L, which extends within the casing B, Fig. 4, carries a gear, Z3,.which meshes with a pinion, m, on a counter-shaft, m', which also carries a large gear, M, which said gear is a mutilated one, having teeth for a por-` tion of its circumference and the remainder of it straight. Meshing with gear M on one side is a pinion, N, and on the other side a pinion, N", both of which are mutilated and have small concave smooth portions a and a projecting side pin, n, with which an arm, 'm2, on the face of the gear M comes in con- 95 tact, in order to bring the pinions N N around to be engaged by the gear M at proper times.

O is a lever, Fig. 1, which is pivoted at one end to the fixed point o, and at the other end is provided with an elongated slot, o, fitting icc over a crank-pin, o2, projecting from the side of the gear N.

I? is a rod or bar extending vertically and havingits lower end connected byapin through the slot of the lever 0, which said pin passes through a vertically-elongated slot, b2, in the front of the casing B. The rod .P is guided vertically by suitable stirrups, and has upon its upper end a rack, p, which meshes with a segmental gear, e', on the center of the shaft rio E, which operates the cardholders.

The operation of this mechanism as far as described is as follows: The weight imparts rotation to the drum h, which, through the pawl-and-ratchet connection with the gear I, rotates said gear, and this gear, meshing with the pinion Z, rotates the shaft L, and through its other pinion, Z3, rotates the pinion m andthe large gear M, which in turn rotates the pinion N', which, through its pin o, vibrates t zo through a vertical plane the lever O, which thus moves the bar P up and down. The upward movement of the bar P rocks the shaft E backwardly, thus laying the card-holders F in a horizontal position ready to receive'the [25 cards. The downward movement of the bar raises the card-holders again.

Q is a lever, Fig. 1, pivoted below at q to a fixed bearing, and having its upper end pivoted at q to the lower portion of the follower 13o D, Figs. 3 and 4.

-Upon the side pinion N is a cranlrpin, r, to which is connected the link R, the other end of which is connected at r with the lever Q,

Fig. l. It will be seen, therefore, that the rotation of said pinion N will effect, through the lever Q, the forward-and-return movement of the follower D, in order to push the cards out, as heretofore described.

S is agong, and s is a hammer adapted to strike it, said hammer having a shank, s, pivoted upon a shaftand in duenced by aspring, s, to effect its stroke. The lower end of the shaft s has an incline at s4, Fig. 4, against which the pin n on the side of the pinion N is adapted to impinge, whereby the hammer is drawn back against its spring, so that when relieved of the pin said spring will throw it forward and cause it to strike the gong.

The interarrangement of these several parts is such as to effect the following results: The purpose of the smooth portion of the gear-face t" of gear I is to allow the mechanism to remain inactive during the time the card-holders are in a vertical position, so that their cards will he on exhibition for a given period. Just before the smooth portion of said gear has passed, its pin or lug i3, coming in contact with the pin Z on the collar Z', will turn the shaft L, so that the mutilated pinion Z will present the beginning of its teeth to the coming teeth of the mutilated gear I, and said pinion will be rotated as long as this engagement continues, which is so arranged as to bring its concave smooth portion around into position to allow the smooth portion of the gear I to run in it, thereby stopping the operation; but while the operation continues motion is transmitted to the large gear M, which, first engaging the pinion N about the middle of its teeth, causes thc pin a on said pinion to immediatelyT come in contact with t-he hammershank s', so that the gong is sounded, thus giving notice of the commencement of the operation. This pinion N being arranged to be the first operated by the gear M,the lever O is vibrated, and through it and the bar I the rock'shaft E is operated to lay back the card-holders into position. rIhis movement brings the concave smooth portion a of the pinion N around to the smooth portion of the gear M,so that said pinion ceases to operate for the time being, and by this time the engagement of the gear M with the pinion N on the other si de takes place, whereby, through the lever Q and link It, the follower D is reciprocated, thus forcing out a card on each side into the card-holders F. As soon as this is effected, the teeth of the gear M cease to operate pi nion N and once more come arou nd to engage the other' half of the teeth of the pinion N', so that said pinion then completes its rotation, and through the lever O the bar I? moves down, said bar rocking the shaft E forward, bringing the cardholders to the vertical position.` By this time the engagement of the gear I at the back has ceased and the mechanism remains at a state of rest until it begins again. The pinion N was left in a position, however, to effect, Fig. 1, upon its commencement again a slight further downward move ment of the bar P, so as to throw the cardholders a little forward to release the base of the cards from the rests G, as heretofore described.

In order to regulate the speed we have the following governor:

T, Fig. 4, is a frame mounted on the table A, and through this frame extends a vertically-movable rod, t, Fig. 6, upon which is fit-ted a sleeve, t', on the upper end of which are slotted ears t2, in which are pivoted the arms u of the balls U, the upper ends, a', of said arms playing in a groove of the collar t on the rod t. The lower end of the rod t bears upon a pivoted lever, o, held up by a spring, o', one end of said lever carrying a brake-shoe, V, whichvis adapted to bear against the periphery of the disk X, interposed. in the powertrausmitting chain, which is as follows:

Under the table is a shaft, Y, Fig. et, one end of which carries a small pinion, y, which meshes with the gear-face i? of the main gear I. 'Ihe other end of the shaft Y carries a large gear, y', which meshes with a pinion, e, on a shaft, Z, which carries the frictioirgear X, and also a beveled gear, e, which meshes with a beveled pinion, t4, on the sleeve t. The motion of the gear I is thus transmitted to the sleeve t', whereby the balls U are revolved, and when the speed becomes too great these balls, by centrifugal force swinging outwardly, cause the upper ends, u', of their arms to bear down in the groove of the collar t3, thereby forcing down the rod t, which forces down the shoe-lever n and raises the brakevshoe V, acting on the frictiongear X, thus checking the motion.

Although we have here shown a weight as the motive power, it is plain that we may use any motor for the purpose.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a card-exhibitor, a hollow column or vertical tube adapted to receive and contine the cards, a reci procating follower moving under said tube or column for moving thelowermost card from under it, means for operating said follower, and vibrating card holders or frames on cach side of the column adapted to receive the card from the follower and to move it up to a vertical position to be exhibited, substantially as herein described.

2. In a card-exhibitor, the combination of a vertical tube or hollow column for receiving and confining the cards and having openings or apertures at the base of its sides through which a card may pass, a reciprocating follower moving under the column and having a cross-strip adapted to come in contact with the edge ofthe lowermost card, whereby it is forced outwardly through the aperture or opening in the side of the column, means for reciprocating said follower, and a vibrating cardholder on each side ofthe column adapted to receive the card from the follower in a horizontal position and to raise it to a vertical position, substantially as herein described.

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3. In a card-exhibitor, the vibrating card holder or frame having an open inner side to receive the card and an open base to discharge it, and a horizontally-reciprocating follower and means for operating the same, in combination with the curved rests G under the base of the card-holder for supporting the card before it is discharged, substantially as herein described.

4. In a card-exhibitor, the combination of a vertical tube or hollow column for receiving and confining the cards and having openings or apertures at the base of its sides through which a card may pass, a reciprocating follower moving under the column and havinga cross-strip adapted to come in contact with the edge of the lowermost card, whereby it is forced outwardly through the aperture in the side of the column, means for operating the follower, a vibrating card-holder on each side of the column adapted to receive a card from the follower, and a fixed rest under the cardholders to sustain the cardand permit it to be dropped when the holder moves it beyond the rest, substantially as herein described.

5. In a card-exhibitor, a Vertical tube or hollow column for receiving and confining the cards and having apertures in its base for allowing the exit of the lowermost card, in combination with the follower having a cross-strip forpushing the cards out and the means for reciprocating said follower, consisting of a pivoted lever, Q, secured to its base and pivoted below, the periodically-moving gear N, having a crank or wrist pin, and a link, R, connecting said pin with the lever Q, substantially as herein described.

6. In a cardcxhibitor, the card holders or frames, in combination with the means for vibrating them, consisting of a rock-shaft to which they are secured, said shaft having a segmental pinion, avertically-moving rod having a rack on its upper end and engaging said pinion, a pivoted lever withv which the lower end of the vertically-moving bar is connected, and a periodically-moving pinion having a crank-pin over which the lever is slotted, substantially as herein described.

7. In a card-exhibitor, a vertical tube or hollow column for receiving and confining the cards and having exit apertures or openings at its base, a reciprocating follower having a cross-piece for coming in contact with the edge of the lowermost card to force it outwardly,and a vibrating card-holder on each side of the vertical column for receiving the cards from the follower, in combination with the means for reciprocating the follower and vibrating the card-holders, comprising a periodically-moving mutilated gear, mutilated pinions meshing with each side of said gear, a pivoted lever connected with the follower, and a link connecting said pivoted lever with the crank-pin on one of the mutilated side pinions, a pivoted lever slotted over a pin on the other mutilated pinion, a vertically-moving bar `connected with said slotted lever and having a rack on its upper end, and a rock-shaft to which the card-holders are attached, having a segmental pinion with which the rack of the verticallymoving bar engages, substantially as herein described.

8. In a card-exhibitor, a vertical tube or column for the cards, having exit-openings at its base, a reciprocating follower having a crosspiece for forcing the lowermost card out, and the vibrating card-holders receiving the cards from the follower, in combination with the mutilated pinions and connections from said pinions to the follower and card-holders, whereby theyare operated, a periodicallymoving mutilated central gear meshing with the mutilated side gears alternately, an arm on said central gear, and pins on the sides of the pinions, whereby they are brought around to their engagement at the propertimes, substantially as herein described.

9. In a card-exhibitor, a vertical tube or column for receiving the cards, a reciprocating follower with a cross piece for forcing the cards out, and vibrating card-holders for receiving the cards from the follower,`in combination with pivoted levers and connections for reciprocating the follower and vibrating the card-holders, mutilated gears and pinions periodically rotating for operating the levers and connections, a gong, and av swinging hammer operated by one of the mutilated pinions to strike the'gong, whereby an alarm is given at the commencement of the' operation, substantially as herein described. y

l0. In acard-exhibitor, aver-tical tube or ho low column for receiving the cards and having exit-openings at its base, a follower having a cross-piece for forcing the cards outwardly through said openings, and a vibrating card-holder on each side of the vertical column for receiving a card at each stroke'ofthe follower, in combination with pivoted levers and connections for reciprocating the follower and vibrating the card-holders, periodically-moving mutilated gears and pinions for operating the levers and connections, a mutilated power-gear and a mutilatedpinion meshing therewith, and connections between said pinion and the mutilated gears for operating the levers, substantially as herein described.

11. In a card-exhibitor, the vertical cardholding tube or column, the follower beneath the same, and means, substantially as described, for reciprocating the same, the powergear I, having teeth for a portion of its circumference and the remainder smooth, and a lug or pin on its side, in combination with the conntershaft L, having a mutilated pinion engaging the gear and a collar with a pin with which the lug on the gear is adapted to come in contact, whereby the mutilated pinion is turned to engagewith the gear, substantially as described. p

12. In a card-exhibitor,a vertical card-holding tube or column, a follower beneath the same, means for horizontally reciprocating IOO IIO

the seme, vibrating card-holders and means actuated lever upon which the lower end of for actuating them, and n power gen1' and the movable rod rests, and the brake-shoe eartransmitting mechanism having a friebionried by said lever and operating against the pulley, X, in eomhinationwitlh the means for face of the friction-gein X, substantially as 15 governing the power-transmitting mechanism, herein` described.

comprising the rotating sleeve to which the 1 f, T 1 power is transmitted, the pivoted balls or IL h' weights U, carried by said sleeve and having arms with upper ends, u, the verteallymov- Vitnesses:

1o able rod t, having a grooved collar in which OGDEN A. HOFFMAN.

the upper ends of the arms play, the spring- ALBERT C. HALL. 

